From db71922217a214e5c9268448e537b54fc1f301ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Blunck Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:51:10 +0200 Subject: BKL: Explicitly add BKL around get_sb/fill_super This patch is a preparation necessary to remove the BKL from do_new_mount(). It explicitly adds calls to lock_kernel()/unlock_kernel() around get_sb/fill_super operations for filesystems that still uses the BKL. I've read through all the code formerly covered by the BKL inside do_kern_mount() and have satisfied myself that it doesn't need the BKL any more. do_kern_mount() is already called without the BKL when mounting the rootfs and in nfsctl. do_kern_mount() calls vfs_kern_mount(), which is called from various places without BKL: simple_pin_fs(), nfs_do_clone_mount() through nfs_follow_mountpoint(), afs_mntpt_do_automount() through afs_mntpt_follow_link(). Both later functions are actually the filesystems follow_link inode operation. vfs_kern_mount() is calling the specified get_sb function and lets the filesystem do its job by calling the given fill_super function. Therefore I think it is safe to push down the BKL from the VFS to the low-level filesystems get_sb/fill_super operation. [arnd: do not add the BKL to those file systems that already don't use it elsewhere] Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Christoph Hellwig --- fs/ext3/super.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'fs/ext3') diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c index 5dbf4dba03c4..41f9dcd73e97 100644 --- a/fs/ext3/super.c +++ b/fs/ext3/super.c @@ -1611,14 +1611,19 @@ static int ext3_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) __le32 features; int err; + lock_kernel(); + sbi = kzalloc(sizeof(*sbi), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!sbi) + if (!sbi) { + unlock_kernel(); return -ENOMEM; + } sbi->s_blockgroup_lock = kzalloc(sizeof(struct blockgroup_lock), GFP_KERNEL); if (!sbi->s_blockgroup_lock) { kfree(sbi); + unlock_kernel(); return -ENOMEM; } sb->s_fs_info = sbi; @@ -2026,6 +2031,7 @@ static int ext3_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) "writeback"); lock_kernel(); + unlock_kernel(); return 0; cantfind_ext3: @@ -2056,6 +2062,7 @@ out_fail: kfree(sbi->s_blockgroup_lock); kfree(sbi); lock_kernel(); + unlock_kernel(); return ret; } -- cgit v1.2.3-58-ga151